DD kinder - didn't eat lunch on first day
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Anonymous
| First day of kinder: DD says that she didn't eat lunch and that the lunch line was closed?? Should I let it go, e-mail teacher? Or just let it go and see how tomorrow goes? |
Anonymous
| Send lunch tomorrow |
Anonymous
| Do you truly believe that school let your 5 year old go without lunch? I see a long road ahead for you... |
Anonymous
| It's chaotic. I'd pack for a while, till things calm down. |
Anonymous
The same thing happened to my friend's daughter on her first day of kindergarten. She was waiting to be called to go through the lunch line (they were calling them up by table) and somehow she never got called, so she missed lunch. It does happen, things are really busy and nutty in the beginning of the year. |
Anonymous
Keep in mind, there even some chaos around that. This is moving a bunch of kids into places, getting them situated, and getting them to eat. OP, if you do send lunch in--I can not stress this enough... Make every single item something the kid can open themselves. Part of the chaos is teachers and aides trying to open up every single kids individual food items. One of the reasons I ultimately found paying for the cafeteria lunch preferable. |
Anonymous
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Our school recommended packing for the first month or so. They do need to get used to the timing and the rhythm. Aides are there to help out.
Pack for now. In a few weeks, when she's more comfortable, you can try pizza Friday or some such. I ate with my daughter at school as a special treat the first time she bought lunch. Good luck! It takes a few weeks to settle into K. Soon, this will all be routine. And make sure she knows that her teacher is always there to help; no K teacher would let a kid go hungry in the first few days/weeks. If something happens again this week, tell her to talk to her teacher about it. |
Anonymous
Agree, agree, agree. I even sent in a napkin and silverware; it all just went back in her lunch bag, so she could use all the time to eat and not worry about getting those "extras" and throwing stuff away, etc. |
Anonymous
There is a common misconception that schools have spare silverware and napkins in the cafeteria. A lot of schools do not, so parents—please don’t assume that you don’t have to pack utensils and napkins because the school will provide them. The school does provide them for the students who buy school lunch and they’re housed in the lunch line. If your kid is waiting for an adult to provide them with utensils or a napkin they will be waiting a long time for someone to find something. I know it sounds crazy that a cafeteria wouldn’t be well stocked with utensils and napkins, but they’re only provided enough for the kids buying lunch. |
Anonymous
Send lunch. It’s chaotic the first week or two. My oldest son didn’t even have time to eat all of the lunch I packed the first week of school. |
Anonymous
| Just send at first. |
Anonymous
| School lunches are pretty awful so send a lunch. It also gives them more time to eat since they aren’t waiting in line. |
Anonymous
Good point, you must provide these at my kids’ schools, but I can see someone not knowing that. It’s not anything like a corporate cafeteria or museum cafeteria. |
Anonymous
| Send lunch! No five year old know how to navigate the chaos of lunch lines. Everyone knows this, what's wrong with you? |
Anonymous
There’s no need to be rude though. I wouldn’t have thought this and I was an elementary school teacher for 15 years. |